Near infrared spectroscopy of human muscles

R. Gasbarrone; A. Currà; A. Cardillo; G. Bonifazi; S. Serranti

doi:10.1117/12.2287814

21 February 2018 Near infrared spectroscopy of human muscles

R. Gasbarrone, A. Currà, A. Cardillo, G. Bonifazi, S. Serranti

Proceedings Volume 10489, Optical Biopsy XVI: Toward Real-Time Spectroscopic Imaging and Diagnosis; 1048914 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2287814
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Optical spectroscopy is a powerful tool in research and industrial applications. Its properties of being rapid, non-invasive and not destructive make it a promising technique for qualitative as well as quantitative analysis in medicine. Recent advances in materials and fabrication techniques provided portable, performant, sensing spectrometers readily operated by user-friendly cabled or wireless systems. We used such a system to test whether infrared spectroscopy techniques, currently utilized in many areas as primary/secondary raw materials sector, cultural heritage, agricultural/food industry, environmental remote and proximal sensing, pharmaceutical industry, etc., could be applied in living humans to categorize muscles. We acquired muscles infrared spectra in the Vis-SWIR regions (350-2500 nm), utilizing an ASD FieldSpec 4 Standard-Res Spectroradiometer with a spectral sampling capability of 1.4 nm at 350-1000 nm and 1.1 nm at 1001-2500 nm. After a preliminary spectra pre-processing (i.e. signal scattering reduction), Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was applied to identify similar spectral features presence and to realize their further grouping. Partial Least-Squares Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA) was utilized to implement discrimination/prediction models. We studied 22 healthy subjects (age 25-89 years, 11 females), by acquiring Vis-SWIR spectra from the upper limb muscles (i.e. biceps, a forearm flexor, and triceps, a forearm extensor). Spectroscopy was performed in fixed limb postures (elbow angle approximately 90‡). We found that optical spectroscopy can be applied to study human tissues in vivo. Vis-SWIR spectra acquired from the arm detect muscles, distinguish flexors from extensors.

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R. Gasbarrone, A. Currà, A. Cardillo, G. Bonifazi, and S. Serranti "Near infrared spectroscopy of human muscles", Proc. SPIE 10489, Optical Biopsy XVI: Toward Real-Time Spectroscopic Imaging and Diagnosis, 1048914 (21 February 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2287814

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